TabernacleCanopied structure in a church or chapel to contain the reserved sacrament or a relic. Also an architectural frame for an image or statue.Table tombMemorial slab raised on free-standing legs.Tas-de-charge ...
Tabernacle: a canopied niche holding a sculpted figure, such as the rendering of saints and angels on the façade and transept of Reims cathedral (fig.4, C).
Tabernacle
A canopied frame like a miniature building, used around an image or over a statue.
Tierceron
A type of ornamental vaulting rib.
Tabernacle. Niche or aedicule in the shape of a small temple containing a sacred image. Also used for the ciborium, receptacle in the centre of the altar for the Sacrament.
Tabernacle:
A ceilinged alcove used for the display of statuettes or art pieces.
Table Ambulante: ...
tabernacle: An ornamental structure, usually done in stone, which contains the Sacrament ...
In tabernacle work the tracery is purely of a decorative character, copied in miniature from the mullions, arch-moulds and crockets of Gothic work.
TABERNACLE WORK: elaborate carving on canopies, niches, etc. TESTER: a sounding board sometimes found above a pulpit or reader's desk.
For he had read in Exodus that God had given command to Moses for the construction of the tabernacle, and had selected by name the masters of the works, and that he had filled them with the spirit of wisdom and intelligence and science, ...
In Gothic architecture a niche may be set within a tabernacle framing, like a richly-decorated miniature house ("aedicule"), such as might serve for a reliquary. Backings for altars in churches ("reredos") can be embedded with niches for statues.
A niche is usually semicircular in the back with a half-dome on the top. Depending on the style of building, the niche can have a pediment above it or have decorative molding. A niche can also be a tabernacle.
Evangelical and other Protestant churches make use of a wide variety of terms to designate their worship spaces, such as church, tabernacle or temple.
 See also: Church, Choir, Chapel, Vault, Gothic
  
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